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Many of our ideas about the world are based more on feelings than facts, sensibilities than science, and rage than reality. We gravitate toward ideas that make us feel comfortable in areas such as religion, politics, philosophy, social justice, love and sex, humanity, and morality. We avoid ideas that make us feel uncomfortable. This avoidance is a largely unconscious process that affects our judgment and gets in the way of our ability to reach rational and reasonable conclusions. By understanding how our mind works in this area, we can start embracing uncomfortable ideas and be better informed, be more understanding of others, and make better decisions in all areas of life.
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You nailed it. Biases don't necessarily affect the truth of the argument, like in the case that bias causes the person to argue their position more passionate. To simplify this idea, let's say that is true that X exists. If one is biased to believe that X exists, they may rationalize and offer poor reasons for X existing, but their conclusion would be right, regardless of their biases. |
answered on Sunday, Apr 28, 2019 03:09:54 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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Thank you all for the informative responses.
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answered on Wednesday, May 01, 2019 05:41:07 PM by Jack |
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